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Constructing SLA differently: the value of ELF and language ideology in an ASEAN case study
Author(s) -
De Costa Peter I.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2012.00309.x
Subject(s) - fossilization , second language acquisition , linguistics , ideology , language ideology , lingua franca , norm (philosophy) , scholarship , sociology , world englishes , english as a lingua franca , interlanguage , political science , politics , philosophy , law
This paper examines how a designer immigrant student from Indonesia, a recipient of an ASEAN scholarship, used English as a lingua franca (ELF) with her Singaporean teacher and classmates. I illustrate how the constructs of ELF and language ideologies can bridge a conceptual gap in second language acquisition (SLA) – one which perceives any deviation from English as a native language norm in terms of error and fossilization. By drawing on classroom interaction and interview data from a year‐long ethnographic study, I present an expanded view of SLA in order to better understand language acquisition dynamics in a contemporary globalized world.
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